Claude Dozorme Capucin Olive

18+

Can I Own This?

£33.95

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4
Blunt as old Harry - but otherwise great

Posted by Owen on 1st Jan 2018

I love this knife. It's very ergonomic, looks great and is very functional. The only thing that I found a bit bizarre was how blunt it was out of the box. It was so blunt that I wondered if it was deliberately left in that state so that the end user had to put their own edge on it to suit personal preference. I put a twenty degree edge on it and it is now as sharp as a razor, cutting everything I've tried it on well. Bluntness aside, the knife is simple, elegant and well-made, and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes friction folders.
5
Sharper than a sharp thing

Posted by Adam on 13th Sep 2016

Very sharp, in fact sharper that something that is very sharp.
2
Nice but unexpectedly blunt knife

Posted by Georgii on 14th May 2016

Knife is beautiful but surprisingly blunt out of the box. A lot of thanks to Julie and Richard for the support while ordering. Nice service + very speedy delivery.
4
Good general purpose knife.

Posted by Alex Jacob on 11th Mar 2015

I wasn't after a "good general purpose knife" but a tactical folder applicable to the tactics of feasting and quaffing. I'd just pootled across Europe by rail and found my EKA Swede 38 a bit short and the standard Douk-Douk a bit prone to tarnishing when hacking at victuals so was pleased at the excuse for yet another cutlery purchase. The Claude Dozorme looked about right, if a little pointy for buttering bread, with its reduced metal to metal contact (so no bits of black stuff in the salad) and tang extension for levering the tops off ale. Alas, some numpty has gone and punched a slot in the blade. It's not like the thing needs a nail nick with that whacking great blade and tang to hang onto. It's just a hideous wee orifice for collecting butter, bits of salami and shavings of cucumber. What should be a quick wipe on the nearest maiden's tresses or passing dog is now a laborious exercise in winklery with a toothpick. Two choices - either give it to the good lady wife who is still enjoying the Mora Companion (carbon, naturally) or set about it with an angle grinder and, with cunning precision, turn the slot into a bottle opener. The b lade is sharp, the handle lovely, fit & finish just fine. To paraphrase Siegfried Farnon, this is a good knife. This is a very good knife. But it is not the Black Forest Gateau chib I was hoping for. That one, risible detail has gone and set off at least two of my neuroses which can only be treated with the acquisition of, say, a stainless Opinel No. 10 with corkscrew. Well, there's more decent wine than ale on the continent.